ALKO Jacking Kit...

It's never an easy task when you have a mover fitted. Trolley jacks are OK at home, but are heavy to take with you, hence the idea of an ALKO. I have tried most way's over the years but know I use the pump up jack that came with our Mitsubishi Shogun, it is a heavy duty one and fit's under the thick metal plate were the axle is bolted to the chassis, and we have it with us at all times. I would get your money back on the ALKO.

The one I bought fitted our Challenger 530 with no problem.

Mine (the jack and the brackets) lay in the garage, taken from new to allow the motor-movers to be fitted (they didn't tell me that when I asked for the mover to be fitted!)

If it's a slight consolation, the Alko jack is a complete piece of rubish and not worth fitting. It is basically a toy jack that is simply not up to the job.

I manage to squeeze the trolley jack onto the axle (but it is rather tight) and does a far superior job.

It would be nice if there was a trolly jack fitting that would fit into the Alko side brackets - best of both worlds.

Assuming of course that your Alko side brackets are capable of being fitted to an Alko chassis! Alko poor design at its best!

If it's a slight consolation, the Alko jack is a complete piece of rubish and not worth fitting. It is basically a toy jack that is simply not up to the job.

I manage to squeeze the trolley jack onto the axle (but it is rather tight) and does a far superior job.

It would be nice if there was a trolly jack fitting that would fit into the Alko side brackets - best of both worlds.

Assuming of course that your Alko side brackets are capable of being fitted to an Alko chassis! Alko poor design at its best!

Just fitted a set to a Coachman VIP575 - straight forward job with exception of having to slightly reroute a pipe and cable on offsite

Well I found it very easy to use and it worked perfectly for what it is intended. However, it is a bit unfair to blame Alko for the design. They only produce the chassis, it is the manufactures who put stuff on it and sometimes obscure the mounting points. Surely they are the ones who need criticism, the mounting points where after all a known quantity and would have been clearly visible on their CAD tools.

That doesn't overcome the fact that the Alko jack is basically a toy piece of kit.

As I said, my preference would be for an Alko side bracket that a proper trolley jack could be connected to, would be the ideal solution.

I don't see why you should call it rubbish. I've used ours in tricky circumstances and whilst I must concede that it requires careful use, it worked perfectly well. It's very similar to a lot of car jacks.

Correct. Also rubbish.